1. In memory of a great suburban surgeon LUCIANO CASCIOLA (1948–2021)

   Obituary 28 January 2022 Pages: 1 - 1

   

2. Blockchain in surgery: are we ready for the digital revolution?

   • Francesco Maria Carrano
   • Pierpaolo Sileri
   • Nicola Di Lorenzo

   Editorial and Commentary 09 January 2022 Pages: 3 - 6

   

3. The European Society of Coloproctology: from the legend to the future

   • Evangelos Xynos

   Editorial and Commentary 29 January 2022 Pages: 7 - 9

4. Ventral Prosthesis Rectopexy for obstructed defaecation syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis

   • Dimitrios K. Manatakis
   • Nikolaos Gouvas
   • Evangelos Xynos

   Review Article 19 October 2021 Pages: 11 - 21

   

5. The impact of mini-invasive right hepatectomy in the setting of living donation: a meta-analysis

   • Quirino Lai
   • Francesco Giovanardi
   • Massimo Rossi

   Review Article Open access 06 September 2021 Pages: 23 - 34

   

6. Neoadjuvant therapy for pancreatic cancer

   • Jean Gugenheim
   • Anna Crovetto
   • Niccolo Petrucciani

   Review Article 09 October 2021 Pages: 35 - 42

   

7. Conversion surgery for initially unresectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma following induction therapy: a systematic review of the published literature

   • Yanming Zhou
   • Shan Liao
   • Huaxing Wu

   Review Article 21 May 2021 Pages: 43 - 53

   

8. Percutaneous cholecystostomy versus emergency cholecystectomy for the treatment of acute calculous cholecystitis in high-risk surgical patients: a meta-analysis and systematic review

   • Hejing Huang
   • Hang Zhang
   • Xin Zhang

   Review Article 15 May 2021 Pages: 55 - 64

   

9. The benefits of surgery plus extensive intraoperative peritoneal lavage (EIPL) for patients with gastric cancer compared with surgery alone: a systematic review and meta-analysis

   • Shujun Li
   • Laiyou Li
   • Shan Xue

   Review Article 25 June 2021 Pages: 65 - 72

   

10. Repeated surgery for recurrent Crohn’s disease: does the outcome keep worsening operation after operation? A comparative study of 1224 consecutive procedures

    • Francesco Colombo
    • Alice Frontali
    • Gianluca M. Sampietro

    Original Article 01 November 2021 Pages: 73 - 80

    

11. Combined liver transplantation with sleeve gastrectomy: a pioneer case series from Brazil

    • Eduardo de Souza M. Fernandes
    • Felipe Pedreira Tavares de Mello
    • Orlando Jorge M. Torres

    Original Article 01 February 2022 Pages: 81 - 86

    

12. Is minimally invasive liver surgery a reasonable option in recurrent HCC? A snapshot from the I Go MILS registry

    • Giovanni Battista Levi Sandri
    • Marco Colasanti
    • I Go MILS Group on HCC

    Original Article 03 October 2021 Pages: 87 - 96

    

13. The utility of indocyanine green (ICG) for the identification and assessment of viability of the parathyroid glands during thyroidectomy

    • S. Priyanka
    • Shawn Thomas Sam
    • Mazuvanchary Jacob Paul

    Original Article 02 November 2021 Pages: 97 - 105

    

14. Emergency surgery for obstructive splenic flexure colon cancer: results of a multicentric study of the French Surgical Association (AFC)

    • Camélia Labiad
    • Gilles Manceau
    • AFC (French Surgical Association) Working Group

    Original Article 23 November 2021 Pages: 107 - 115

    

15. Laparoscopic right hemicolectomy with complete mesocolic excision plus D3 lymphadenectomy (CME + D3): a new medial approach for central vascular ligation

    • Wenjun Luo
    • Fugen Li
    • Yingdong Jia

    Original Article 02 August 2021 Pages: 117 - 126

    

16. Segmental transverse colectomy. Minimally invasive versus open approach: results from a multicenter collaborative study

    • Marco Milone
    • Maurizio Degiuli
    • and Italian Society of Surgical Oncology Colorectal Cancer Network (SICO CCN) group

    Original Article Open access 14 September 2021 Pages: 127 - 135

17. Preoperative Localization in Colonic Surgery (PLoCoS Study): a multicentric experience on behalf of the Italian Society of Colorectal Surgery (SICCR)

    • Michele Manigrasso
    • Marco Milone
    • PLoCoS Study Group

    Original Article Open access 05 October 2021 Pages: 137 - 144

    

18. Effect of delaying surgery by more than 10 weeks after neoadjuvant therapy in rectal cancer: a single institution experience

    • Cristina Piva
    • Luca Panier Suffat
    • Maria R. La Porta

    Original Article 18 October 2021 Pages: 145 - 151

    

19. C-reactive protein/albumin ratio predicts survival after curative surgery in elderly patients with colorectal cancer

    • Koki Tamai
    • Shu Okamura
    • Masahiko Yano

    Original Article 06 March 2021 Pages: 153 - 162

    

20. E-consensus on telemedicine in colorectal surgery: a RAND/UCLA-modified study

    • Gaetano Gallo
    • Arcangelo Picciariello
    • Ugo Grossi

    Original Article 26 July 2021 Pages: 163 - 170

21. The role of telemedicine in the postoperative home monitoring after robotic colo-rectal cancer surgery: a preliminary single center experience

    • Raffaello Mancini
    • Michelangelo Bartolo
    • “A.O. San Giovanni – Addolorata”, Rome

    Original Article 27 July 2021 Pages: 171 - 178

    

22. Results of surgical treatment in chronic anal fissure complicated by abscess or fistula in a retrospective cohort of patients

    • Renato Pietroletti
    • Andrea Ciarrocchi
    • Vinicio Rizza

    Original Article 27 November 2021 Pages: 179 - 183

    

23. Ageing with sacral nerve modulation for fecal incontinence: how many patients get benefit after more than 10 years?

    • A. Picciariello
    • M. Rinaldi
    • M. De Fazio

    Original Article 04 January 2022 Pages: 185 - 191

    

24. The use of normothermic machine perfusion to rescue liver allografts from expanded criteria donors

    • Aurelio Seidita
    • Rosalia Longo
    • Salvatore Gruttadauria

    Original Article 20 September 2021 Pages: 193 - 202

    

25. Major hepatectomy for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma in elderly patients: is it reasonable?

    • L. Ripamonti
    • R. De Carlis
    • L. De Carlis

    Original Article Open access 17 June 2021 Pages: 203 - 211

    

26. Evaluation of factors predicting loss of benefit provided by laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy compared to open approach

    • Stefano Partelli
    • Lorenzo Cinelli
    • Massimo Falconi

    Original Article 23 October 2021 Pages: 213 - 221

    

27. Outcomes comparison of Pancreato-Gastrostomy and Isolated Jejunal Loop Pancreato-Jejunostomy following Pancreato-Duodenectomy in patients with soft pancreas and at moderate-high risk for POPF: a retrospective multicenter experience-based analysis

    • Giuseppe Zimmitti
    • Alessandro Coppola
    • Felice Giuliante

    Original Article 11 November 2021 Pages: 223 - 234

    

28. A machine learning risk model based on preoperative computed tomography scan to predict postoperative outcomes after pancreatoduodenectomy

    • Giovanni Capretti
    • Cristiana Bonifacio
    • Alessandro Zerbi

    Original Article 01 October 2021 Pages: 235 - 243

    

29. The standardized technique and surgical video of robotic pancreaticoduodenectomy at the Chinese PLA General Hospital

    • Guodong Zhao
    • Qu Liu
    • Rong Liu

    Original Article 08 August 2021 Pages: 245 - 254

    

30. Quantitative assessment of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on pancreatic surgery: an Italian multicenter analysis of 1423 cases from 10 tertiary referral centers

    • Giuseppe Quero
    • Nicolò Pecorelli
    • Sergio Alfieri

    Original Article 24 November 2021 Pages: 255 - 266

    

31. Effectiveness and safety of robotic gastrectomy versus laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer: a meta-analysis of 12,401 gastric cancer patients

    • Tao Jin
    • Han-Dong Liu
    • Jian-Kun Hu

    Original Article 16 October 2021 Pages: 267 - 281

    

32. Strong impact of sarcopenia as a risk factor of survival in resected gastric cancer patients: first Italian report of a Bicentric study

    • A. A. Ricciardolo
    • N. De Ruvo
    • R. Gelmini

    Original Article 26 October 2021 Pages: 283 - 293

    

33. Transoral versus gasless transaxillary endoscopic thyroidectomy: a comparative study

    • Guibin Zheng
    • Jiajie Xu
    • Chuanming Zheng

    Original Article 29 April 2021 Pages: 295 - 302

    

34. Transoral thyroid surgery vestibular approach: is there an increased risk of surgical site infections?

    • Elias Karakas
    • Günther Klein
    • The Endoscopic Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Study Group

    Original Article Open access 20 October 2021 Pages: 303 - 308

35. Can preoperative 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels predict transient hypocalcemia after total thyroidectomy?

    • Alberto Maria Saibene
    • Cecilia Rosso
    • Loredana De Pasquale

    Original Article Open access 26 September 2021 Pages: 309 - 316

    

36. Quality of life and patient satisfaction in outpatient thyroid surgery

    • Luca Cozzaglio
    • Roberta Monzani
    • Vittorio Quagliuolo

    Original Article 22 October 2021 Pages: 317 - 323

37. Management of endocrine surgical disorders during COVID-19 pandemic: expert opinion for non-surgical options

    • Orhan Agcaoglu
    • Atakan Sezer
    • Dilek Yazici

    Original Article 11 April 2021 Pages: 325 - 335

38. Usefulness of damage control approach in patients with limited acute mesenteric ischemia: a prospective study of 85 patients

    • Antonio Brillantino
    • Michele Lanza
    • Maurizio Castriconi

    Original Article 22 October 2021 Pages: 337 - 342

39. Avoiding immediate whole-body trauma CT: a prospective observational study in stable trauma patients

    • Elisa Reitano
    • Stefano Granieri
    • Osvaldo Chiara

    Original Article 10 January 2022 Pages: 343 - 353

    

40. Prognosis prediction of extremity and trunk wall soft-tissue sarcomas treated with surgical resection with radiomic analysis based on random survival forest

    • Yuhan Yang
    • Xuelei Ma
    • Xinyan Ding

    Original Article 18 May 2021 Pages: 355 - 365

    

41. Laparoscopic ultrasound guided wedge resection of the stomach: a novel procedure for gastric submucosal tumor

    • Hideyuki Wada
    • Katsuhiko Murakawa
    • Satoshi Hirano

    Technical Note 12 March 2021 Pages: 367 - 372

    

42. Laparoscopic application of the hooking technique for ultrasound-guided minimally invasive liver surgery

    • Luca Viganò
    • Jacopo Galvanin
    • Guido Torzilli

    Technical Note 25 July 2021 Pages: 373 - 377

    

43. Laparoscopic resection and primary anastomosis for perforated diverticulitis: with or without loop ileostomy? The response is the colon leakage risk score!

    • Irene Fiume
    • Danilo Coco

    Letter to the Editor 05 October 2021 Pages: 379 - 381

44. Laparoscopic resection and primary anastomosis with or without ileostomy: past, present and future of management of perforated diverticulitis

    • Gennaro Mazzarella
    • Edoardo Maria Muttillo
    • Irnerio Angelo Muttillo

    Letter to the Editor 13 January 2022 Pages: 383 - 384

45. Liver venous deprivation: an interesting approach for regenerative liver surgery

    • Salvatore Gruttadauria
    • Fabrizio Di Francesco
    • Roberto Miraglia

    Letter to the Editor 13 January 2022 Pages: 385 - 386